. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/177/Rev.1 
15 January 2007 
 (07-0175) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Revision
 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   CANADA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:  
Canadian Enquiry Point 
200-270 Albert Street Ottawa, Ontario Canada, K1P 6N7 
Tel.:  (+1 613) 238 3222 
Fax.:  (+1 613) 569 7808 E-mail:  info@scc.ca 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:         
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Agricultural products 
labelled as organic and marketed for inte r-provincial or international trade. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proposed Organic 
Products Regulations (19 pages; in English and French). 
6. Description of content:   The purpose of the Regulations is to establish a system by which 
the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) as competent authority can regulate the use of the “Canada Organic” agricultural produc t Legend. They include a requirement for 
imports of agricultural products labelled as or ganic to be accompanied by an attestation 
issued by the competent authority of the country of origin, attesting that the product meets the requirements of these Regulations.    These Regulations affect all Members. 
The present notice replaces the original notification of 15 September 2006.  Section 10 of 
the Regulations has been amended to more cl early demonstrate the CFIA’s intent that 
imported products must meet Canadian requirements for organic products. The “competent 
authority” described in this section may be th e foreign government of the country of export 
or a foreign certifying organization, as recognized by the CFIA. G/TBT/N/CAN/177/Rev.1 
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7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Prevention of deceptive and misleading labelling practices . 
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part II, 21 D ecember 2006, Pages 1-19 (available 
in English and French). 
Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB) St andards (available in English and French) 
o CAN/CGSB-32.310: Organic Production Systems - General Principles and 
Management Standards  
o CAN/CGSB-32.311: Organic Production Systems - Permitted Substances List   
 These standards can be found at:  
http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/cgsb/on_the _net/organic/index-e.html (English) 
 http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/cgsb/on_the _net/organic/index-f.html (French) 
 
 
The Organic Policies and Procedures Manual  (available in English and French). The 
Manual can be obtained upon request from:  
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/fs sa/orgbio/orgbioe.shtml (English) 
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/francais/fssa/orgbio/orgbiof.shtml (French) 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
 
  Proposed date of entry into force:    These Regulations were adopted on 21 
December 2006.  Future amendments will be stated in subsequent Revision or Addendum to this notification.  
A two year transition period has been added to 
the Regulation, with the exception of section 3 which came into force day on which the Regulations were adopted. 
10. Final date for comments:   16 March 2007 
These Regulations have been adopted.  Furt her comments on these Regulations are sought 
in the case of future amendments to these Regulations. 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
 
The electronic version of the regulat ory text can be downloaded at: 
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/pa rtII/2006/20061221-x6/pdf/g2-140x6.pdf